> Nodes don't always shut down instantly. You likely won't see a clean network split that starts at a fixed point in time and is also resolved in an instant. It

> Nodes don't always shut down instantly. You likely won't see a clean network split that starts at a fixed point in time and is also resolved in an instant. It'll be partial, asymmetric, with nodes coming in and out, etc. Excellent point, it's precisely this scenario that has caused the biggest issues in distributed systems I've been working with.